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===Topic: ''Don't Regret the Good You've Done''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Midwayer Thomas|Secondary Midwayer, Thomas]]===
===TR: [[Valdir Soares]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Midwayer Thomas: “God has no [[regrets]]. We, His [[creatures]], especially while still subject to the imperfections of the evolutionary realms, certainly do have regrets, both about ourselves and about others. However, not all we do is regrettable if we follow the Will of [[the Father]], summed up in ‘Do unto others as you wish done unto you’. [[Love]] causes no regrets, doing good to others should not leave any regrets, even later, when circumstances have changed. Circumstances and [[emotions]] may have changed about the people you so favored, but it won’t change any of the good you’ve done.
“Do Not Regret it, even if it now appears [[foolish]]. There is subliminal [[thought]] in society that people do good because they are tricked into doing so by someone or through emotions or circumstances. It often seems that being [[selfish]] or not caring for your [[neighbor]] is the norm and being concerned, loving and [[generous]] is the shameful exception. So, after doing good when emotions have vanished, when more rational [[thinking]] sets in and when it seems you could now use for yourself the means you provided to someone else, you might look foolish in your own eyes. Do not [[doubt]] yourself. Believe in the Permanence Law. No good deed is ever forgotten.
“Do Not Regret it, even if there is no [[gratitude]]. [[Goodness]] made with the wrong motivation will still benefit the needy but if the motivation is unworthy of the goodness done, you may have trouble [[accepting]] that the good done was in [[fact]], good after all, especially if any kind of selfish [[expectation]] was in play. In doing good, do it without expecting any [[praise]] for what you did or even recompense or gratitude. The only [[motivation]] to do what is good should be the [[love]] for your [[neighbor]] — nothing else. If you did help, even for a moment, that was the sole [[purpose]]. Nothing else is [[necessary]].
“Do not Regret it, even if it appears that no good came from it. Still on results, never be so rushed to [[judge]] the goodness you showed. In [[fact]], it is better to not judge it at all. If for [[curiosity]]’s sake, or if you can find a good reason for evaluating what you did, remember that the results might be hidden from you or they didn’t yet blossom. Instead look at the results out there, [[change]] [[direction]] and look for the results within you. Is there any change in you? Sometimes is not important how your goodness has changed others, but how it changed you.
===Closing===
“Therefore, my friend, let go of any [[regrets]] you may have entertained about the [[good]] things you did for others. Do not be [[ashamed]] of them. Rather, be [[happy]] that you have done the right thing because loving others is always the right thing to do. After it is done, don’t expect [[recognition]] or [[praise]]. Love seeks no selfish [[profit]] from anything it does, because love itself cannot spring from [[selfishness]]. Finally, check for results within you and how it made you [[grow]] spiritually. The [[actions]] are ours, the consequences God’s. I am Thomas, your [[Midwayer]] friend, [[happy]] to [[inspire]] you again.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Midwayer Thomas]]
[[Category: Valdir Soares]]
[[Category: 2017]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''Don't Regret the Good You've Done''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Midwayer Thomas|Secondary Midwayer, Thomas]]===
===TR: [[Valdir Soares]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Midwayer Thomas: “God has no [[regrets]]. We, His [[creatures]], especially while still subject to the imperfections of the evolutionary realms, certainly do have regrets, both about ourselves and about others. However, not all we do is regrettable if we follow the Will of [[the Father]], summed up in ‘Do unto others as you wish done unto you’. [[Love]] causes no regrets, doing good to others should not leave any regrets, even later, when circumstances have changed. Circumstances and [[emotions]] may have changed about the people you so favored, but it won’t change any of the good you’ve done.
“Do Not Regret it, even if it now appears [[foolish]]. There is subliminal [[thought]] in society that people do good because they are tricked into doing so by someone or through emotions or circumstances. It often seems that being [[selfish]] or not caring for your [[neighbor]] is the norm and being concerned, loving and [[generous]] is the shameful exception. So, after doing good when emotions have vanished, when more rational [[thinking]] sets in and when it seems you could now use for yourself the means you provided to someone else, you might look foolish in your own eyes. Do not [[doubt]] yourself. Believe in the Permanence Law. No good deed is ever forgotten.
“Do Not Regret it, even if there is no [[gratitude]]. [[Goodness]] made with the wrong motivation will still benefit the needy but if the motivation is unworthy of the goodness done, you may have trouble [[accepting]] that the good done was in [[fact]], good after all, especially if any kind of selfish [[expectation]] was in play. In doing good, do it without expecting any [[praise]] for what you did or even recompense or gratitude. The only [[motivation]] to do what is good should be the [[love]] for your [[neighbor]] — nothing else. If you did help, even for a moment, that was the sole [[purpose]]. Nothing else is [[necessary]].
“Do not Regret it, even if it appears that no good came from it. Still on results, never be so rushed to [[judge]] the goodness you showed. In [[fact]], it is better to not judge it at all. If for [[curiosity]]’s sake, or if you can find a good reason for evaluating what you did, remember that the results might be hidden from you or they didn’t yet blossom. Instead look at the results out there, [[change]] [[direction]] and look for the results within you. Is there any change in you? Sometimes is not important how your goodness has changed others, but how it changed you.
===Closing===
“Therefore, my friend, let go of any [[regrets]] you may have entertained about the [[good]] things you did for others. Do not be [[ashamed]] of them. Rather, be [[happy]] that you have done the right thing because loving others is always the right thing to do. After it is done, don’t expect [[recognition]] or [[praise]]. Love seeks no selfish [[profit]] from anything it does, because love itself cannot spring from [[selfishness]]. Finally, check for results within you and how it made you [[grow]] spiritually. The [[actions]] are ours, the consequences God’s. I am Thomas, your [[Midwayer]] friend, [[happy]] to [[inspire]] you again.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Midwayer Thomas]]
[[Category: Valdir Soares]]
[[Category: 2017]]
